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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Christmas get a job?
(a) At the bus station
(b) At the gas station
(c) At the planing mill
(d) At the dry goods store

2. What does Christmas take from Mrs. McEachern's secret hiding place?
(a) Money
(b) Letters
(c) A deed
(d) A diary

3. Why does Byron think that he and Hightower continue to lead such solitary lives?
(a) Because man is more afraid of change than of the troubles he already has experienced and those familiar to him.
(b) Because they do not like team events.
(c) Because they have anti-social personalities
(d) Because they have had disastrous experiences with women before.

4. What does Christmas do as he stands underneath Miss Burden's bedroom window?
(a) He yells obscenities at her.
(b) He strips himself of the undergarment he wears.
(c) He serenades her.
(d) He throws rocks at her window.

5. How many days pass before Christmas is returned to the orphanage?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 7

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Hightower accuse Byron of doing?

2. How does Milly Hines die?

3. Whose services does Christmas use many times over the years?

4. What favor does Byron ask of Hightower?

5. Why do the townspeople leave the old couple alone?

(see the answer key)

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